Casa #2

 Pamela has really been a huge help over in the other house. She really has has to step up with a lot being expected of her. She is doing a great job working in the other house and helping out with the babies and the other kids. She had a hard time at first and wasn't so much pulling her weight at all in the other house. Although as time has went on she has really helped out a lot in the new house.
Mirian has done a great job taking care of her kids that house. She is a great person and we are blessed to hhave her work here at Casa de Esperanza.
There are still adjustments and such in the new house with so many little ones. Although Mirian is finally getting a good nights sleep. She has such a hard time being away from the babies when she goes home for a few days on her days off every other week.
Continue to keep the new kids in your prayers as they adjust.
Adonis is the oldest in this house and he has been with us over a year and he is still having a hard time adjusting and following rules. Pkease take the time to say a special prayer for Adonis!

Mud Fight

 The rain has started back up. In the afternoons we are getting a little bit of rain a couple times a week. Well last week one day some of the kids got into a water/mud fight with Dorian. He is just another one of the kids at times. Ornery!!!! One of the girls was wanting Dorian's attention well she sure enough got his attention. He covered her in mud and water. Her along with some of the other kids were sure to cover Dorian too in mud and get him wet. The two kids who got it the worst were Ana and Cindy. They loved every minute of playing in the mud. Although with 24 kids we don't let them hardly play in the water or mud. Makes a huge mess! Although the girls when they were done went around back and bathed in the pila and washed their clothes there too. Dorian even had to wash his clothes in the pila and bathe outside.
There is nothing like a little fun playing in the water and mud!!!

Above ~ Ana covered in mud

Below ~ Cindy tired to wash off but was still pretty dirty

Feb/March Update 2012

February/March 2012

After returning to Honduras at the end of January we were busy to begin February.  We needed to get back into the routine.  We continually adjusted to the schedule with the kids after arriving back here in Honduras. Trying to balance how to take care of Korbin and the kids at the same time was challenging. So far this has gone really smooth, a lot smoother than I ever imagined.  Korbin really seems to do well with the other kids. Even with all of them wanting to love on him and touch him.

The first of February we were busy getting the kids registered for school. Then making sure everyone had uniforms and school supplies. It is always a big task to make sure they all have their school supplies and uniforms complete for school. The kids all seem to be doing well so far with their studies. This year we have 16 kids in school. We have 13 in grade school, two in middle school, and one in kinder. We also have a preschool this year here at Casa. Nicole decided she would take on preschool this year. She has classes for the kids four mornings a week. We have 6 of our own kids in preschool and then Nicole has her daughter Haley in preschool.

Dorian has helped with three different college spring break groups so far.  Right now there are no more groups. The end of May and beginning of June will begin nonstop groups that he will be helping and working with throughout the summer.

The beginning of March brought rain. We are in our dry season right now. So to see our first rain was a breath of fresh air. Although bringing on the rain has brought many insects out. Right now we are dealing with crazy beetles.

Korbin continues to thrive. He is doing wonderful. Learning new things everyday. He turned 3 and 4 months old in February and March. The babies Olman and Josue also are thriving and finally doing better. Little by little they are both improving and growing.

A friend of ours Byron opened up a small cafe and offered Brayan a job. He is thrilled to have a job. He only has to work 4 days a week but he likes it so much he usually goes and works 6 to 7 days a week. He is very social and loves to interact with the customers. Byron said Brayan does an excellent job. We told Brayan as long as he has good behavior and as long as he continues to study and do his homework he can keep his job. He is so proud of his job. He has almost all of his money saved up. He is waiting to buy something big. We are so proud of Brayan and excited for this opportunity for him to work and learn lots of new skills.

After lots of contemplation and prayers we decided to purchase a vehicle. Crazy to think I have been here 6 years and not purchased a car. We usually use a Casa car. Although with having Korbin we wanted to have something that was ours and dependable. So we are very excited to finally have our own vehicle.

Thanks again to all of you who lift us in prayer and support us in so many ways!

Blessings~

Dorian, Karen & Korbin Guido

Coloring Easter Eggs

 My mom was here to visit for Easter and she had brought along a dye kit to color eggs. Well Korbin is tooo little to dye eggs so we had each of the kids color an egg on Easter. They got to decorate and write anything they wanted on their egg with a crayon and then they got to pick what color they wanted to dye their egg. We didn't think too far ahead of time and they kids had to use just plain old eggs. We were afraid they would break but everyone successful got their egg colored without it breaking. When they took all of their eggs back over to the kitchen they each wanted their own egg to take to their room. I can only imagine the mess they would have made. After the kids telling the ladies several days to not use their eggs they finallygot used to make some scrambled eggs.
I think this is the first time we have colored eggs with the kids. They all seemed to enjoy coloring their eggs. I am guessing this is something that they will want to do from now on every year.

Jackson and Jose with my mom coloring their eggs.

Maryuri coloring her egg

Jackson with his egg all finished

Antonio decorating his egg before it gets dyed.

Easter Egg Hunt

Happy Easter!!!!!

Casa de Esperanza Easter Egg Hunt!

 Lupe 

Sunday morning as the kids were getting ready for church they didn't realize that it was Easter Sunday. It seems here in Honduras it is the week leading up to Easter which is Holy week is the big week for everyone to celebrate and head to the beach. Well once the kids realized that it was Easter they all started asking me if that meant we were going to hid eggs. Well I hadn't planned on it or even got stuff to do an easter egg hunt. Ashley when she was here loved to do Easter egg hunts with the kids and many of them had remembered that. I told Antonio if he could go to the bodega and find the eggs then I would do it later that afternoon. Sure enough Antonio found the plastic eggs. I told the kids that I was not too sure that I would be able to get candy in them as I did not buy any. Well they were find with the idea and they said it was ok if they were empty but they just wanted me to hid the eggs.

I did end of finding all sorts of little things I had around my house to put in the eggs.

Yair really had no clue what was going on. I gave him a bag and told him lets go look for eggs but he was walking around clueless and not too sure what to think.

 The younger kids got to come out first and look for their eggs then after they were done we did the big kids. They were all so excited they could hardly stand it. Here they are all running and ready to go find their eggs.

 Nohemy 

 The older kids looking for their eggs. Nicole helped me hide the eggs and we couldn't remember were we put every egg. We were a few eggs short. Although this week the kids have found two of those lost eggs. Who knows if there is even more out there still.

Ana

Happy Birthday Katy

Happy Happy Birthday Miss Katy Lourdes! 

She turned 9 last Saturday. She is still so little but a handful for sure. Hard to believe she was 3 when she came here and how she has grown over the last 6 years.